Official Name: | Eden Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | LaGrange |
Government Type: | Indiana township |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 35.95 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 35.88 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.07 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 4894 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 280 |
Elevation Ft: | 919 |
Coordinates: | 41.5703°N -85.5931°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-20206[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 453271 |
Eden Township is one of eleven townships in LaGrange County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,894, up from 4,231 at the 2010 census, when it also contained 1,085 housing units.[3] The township has a large Amish and Mennonite population.
According to the 2019 "ACS 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles", 18% of the township's population spoke only English, while 79 spoke an "other [than Spanish] Indo-European language" (basically Pennsylvania German/German).
Eden Township was organized in 1832.[4]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.81%) is land and (or 0.19%) is water.[3]